The Merciad, Nov. 2, 1973

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A CONCRETE PARADISE!?

Thursday October 25th saw thelong awaited opening of Mercy-hirst's new park J In terms ofactivity, people and weather theopening was a grand success.What this reporter tried toascertain^ was a deeperevaluation of what both studentsand faculty thought were on thepark itself. Specifically, the cost,its beauty, or non-beauty, andmost importantly wh at theprospects • were for maximumuse. The comments and feelingsDrought out were interesting anddeserved to be shared with thewhole college community. Hereare some: £

Mr. Bill Darrin - Architect of thePark- "The park idea and conceptwas developed i during intercessionlast year as a result of°ur planning course. It isoasicaily temporary? andZ 8 0 ? 1 to fi t * • students' use«w. As the college grows and" « * it will be changed slightly

* win remain essentially a parkrjaja in the geographical centerttthecampus.*^.

?£*»% ! member - I It 's agemendous addition to the Hurst.JJ2*^students may sit and**ialize or Just relax. How much«* lt gets is up to the students*emselves. It's their park.**utoy member - Personally *Iik^SL t h e natural settingJ J ^ g % hill and stream) to the

^nistrattonl member- It 'sauuful and I hope the students

2 " we t more and more.2*i*;ffl was a good idea butJ* ouch money was spe nt for it.**•*. It's a nice park and I'm

glad they did it. I like it! IStudent- Well if I ever need aplace to defecate I found it!Student- Looks like a rollerskating rink somebody plantedtrees in the middle of, I hate it!Student- It took up until a monthago? for them to do this, in themeantime last year we [drovearound looking for a £ parkingspace, what took them so long?Student- It's nice! That's whatthey all say, it makes me sick." F§For sure the new park (95 per

cent asphalt) i has raised somecheers and jeers. When I askedMr. Darrin and? Sr. Mauraseparately how much the park

cost they both estimated between$7,500 and $8,000. A little later Iwas informed that after consultation with Dean Garvey, theprice dropped to $5,000. $1,000less than what the architect cameup with when he verbally listedjust !c material and landscapingcosts for the park. ! i |

g Whether the park was a goodidea or not is now rhetorical. Itteaches us a good lessoa We, as apaying student body should be.more aware of how much andwhat our m oney is being used for.When we suffer tuition raise severy year, it is our money! If weknew a little more ahead of time,we could voice an objectiveopinion and hav e it heard. At anyrate, the park is here'to stay.

We'll just nave to wait on Patherlime to show us what will be donewith it? Although the use ofi thepark ! is limited jjonly ?byf ourimagination, one jmust jjstillwonder whose * limitedimagination got us an asphaltpark! I

The College Senate meets

^•dfteadau, November 14, a t 1 p.m

in the Zurn Recital H a l l . : .

FUNDS REVIEWED *KEby iSharon Warner

Jim McAndrew, Activities Coordinator for McAuley H all, spokeThursday of the progress of the McAuley Dorm Fund, especiallygrowing success of th e' Hoagie Hut".

Now in its second ye ar, the Dorm Fund was born from the complaint of "what's there to do?" It originated, said McAndrew,"from theschool'g inability financially to provide activity."

% To build the treasury of the Dorm Fund, each McAuley resident

agrees to release $15 from his dorm deposit fee. This amount is aslight increase over the $10 requested last year, .3 While the students do not make direct decisions on what purchases will be made, the dormitory authorities, said McAndrew tryto "determine by consensus" what the most popular items are.McAndrew did mention, however, that the students were handedformal preference lists that were used to determine the consensus.

McAndrew reported that a great majority of students agreed tothe release of their $15 this year, w ith il l students consenting to therelease and 36 denying it. . : .. | H , | g 5gjlI McAndrew also pointed out that instead of retaining those itemspurchased from Dorm Fund finances, "we try to sell things back atthe end of each yea r." | &JE& fe W fejf EfBR

To date, the Dorm Fund has provided its members with two pooltables and three color televisions. $ 'S^^^m^M mm I jad

The dorm fund has, however, itaken on a {new enterprise thisyear—the McAuley Hoagie Hut. | f i |p? S I

Although the Hoagie Hut did exist last year, it "was a privateenterprise " and not under the control of the Dorm Fund. McAndrewpointed out that the advantage of connecting.the "Hut" with theDorm Fund is that, in its success, it will continually replenish themonetary supply. M j j 4 1 $

When asked about the progress of the "H ut" so far, McAndrewreported that it was "doing good" and expected increased successwith colder weather, j

This year, the Hoagie Hut boasts a new Ham Sub in addition totheir regular subs, and hopes to eventually expand to pizzas. It isjointly operated by Bob Aman, Pa t Rankin, Tim Theil and RickDaily, w ith Jim McAndrew as supervisor.

SPORTYRETURNS

Sportyfis a "fictitious" Mercyhurst student who is past yearshas been describing the Mercyhurst of the fut ure ! This tjme,however, he is telling his parentswhat the present Mercyhurst islike.Dear Mom and Dad,

No one can say it's not interesting here at Mercyhurst U.(I mean college), why just lastweek some of the "radical"students came out with an underground newspaper (I putradical in quotes because I hearda faculty member named "Che"say tha" our radicals would bemembers off the John BirchSociety-at any other school.) Iguess * the I ûndergroundnewspaper upset the? administration because the Deandecided to: put out a-counter-underground newspaper. TheDean wrote most of it - except forthe jokes, which came from Bill

Kennedy (who reminds me of awhite Flip Wilson), fg • •* |I understand the Wimper wrote

the paper because he was tired ofbeing misunderstood. I know thisbecause the other day he was outwalking his dog Tiger. He wastalking to Tiger and I happened tooverhear the • conversation (actually it was a soliloquy, Tigerdoesn't do anything except knockdown Nuns and barks at stones -he would >have committed dogsuicide at Stonehenge.)* anyway,the Dean said this to Tiger: "Thepeople around here ^misunderstand m e. Some of them evensay I'm not religious. But this isnot true . Nobody knows this but inmy basement I have a shrinededicated to Richard Nixon.

Every night before I go to bed Ilight a candle in front of the statueand say a prayer. It's the prayerRichard had Billy Graham send

me after F wrote to Richardadvising him to appoint SpiroAgnew a s independent Watergateprosecutor. That praye r helps methrough everyday. Let m e reciteit to you. (<0 Divine Quarterbackin the sky, grant m e the wisdomto know that everyone is mineenemy and that I can trust no one(even if that means agreeing withKunstler.) Teach me to do thingsin secret so that my right handknoweth notiwhat my left handdoeth (to say nothing of thepublic). Comfort me when I amafflicted by all and never let m etarget that it is in winning that wereceive* Amen." Well, Mom andDad,£ when the * Dean's underground newspaper came out itcontained the QPA's of all theeditors of the BEACON - both lastsemester's and their estimatedQPA's tor | this semester. | .(Strangely enough there was alarge discrepancy between the

two.) The Administration paperalso had an article done by itsundercover agent. This last piecesuggested that the student editorswere all frustrated? basketballplayers jealous because I theyhadn't made the team and whosesole athletic ability* was theircapability to .walk on air - a talentbased on their smoking habits."f.

But other tilings have-beenhappening too. Last week we haddedication ceremonies for thenew park on campus. Our collegechaplain, "Forgetful G uy" as wecalf him. ran Uhe dedication.(He's called "forgetful" becauseof his gigantic memory lapses.)One story has it that he forgot toattend his own ordination andaccordingly the Bishop had toordain him secretly one day laterin the basement of St. Patrick's

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PSYCHICThis weekend the Human

Development Program isfeaturing a lecture and workshopon ESP. The guest lecturer, CarolLiaros, will explain her personal

psychic abilities and will offer tolthose who attend the workshop a ichancel to develop s their ownpsychic potential. i|Miss Liaros j believes ieach

pesonjhas some!psychic sensitivity and ESP potential and *that these? abilities can be jdeveloped on almost everyone. In gjjopposition to Douglas Dean, who §a few weeks ago explained whatgESP j and vpsychicj abilities are, BMiss Liaros willJ explain how^these abilities can and should bedeveloped by ea ch person. |3jR dSjShe will do j experiments | in i

t e l e p a t h y . ! c l a i r v o y a n c e . !precognition - recognizing adream as something that willhappen* in £ the ^future,psychometry - the ability todescribe a person by the "vibes"

from a personal possession oftheirs, and oraseeing - the abilitytosee a person's "halo" and fromthat halo understand their state ofmind, physical health, etc. which

' is in Russia a developed scienceby which many illnesses arediagnosed. |

This weekend lecture workshopwon't necessarily make you "TheGirl or Guy with SomethingSpecial" or another Kreskin, butwill teach you something aboutyourself, your hunches and yourdreams. The lecture will be heldFriday evening Nov* 2 at 8 pm inZurn Recital* Hall land theWorkshop from 10 am to 4 pmSaturday, Nov. 3 in the FacultyLounge of -jPrestoa The HumanDevelopment Office Is offering a

special rate to Hurst students too,14.00 instead of the regular $7.00fee. It is hoped that'all of thoseinterested in psychic powers willtake advantage of this special lowprice and develop these powers inthemselves.!

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f&Our Favorite bird. TrickyDucky, almost lost his brilliantsenseof humor and ever-constantcool/ during his chat with thepress, but rapidly relocatedthem/there under his right wing.

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PA G E 2 MERCYHURST C O L L E G E

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WVAA R ESPONDSDear Editor: f • W

As members of the W.V.A.A. (Women's Varsity ?AthleteAssociation) pf Mercyhurst College, we feel a need to respond to"The Rape of Woman (women) Athletes" printed in the last issue ofthe Merciad. Statements made in the article could result in grossmisinterpretations of the Mercyhurst Athletic prog ram. (Believe itor not, that does include female athle tes!) . |

It's tru e: women are definitely discriminated ag ainst in athleticsand M ercyhurst is no exception. However, it should be understoodthat the norm is not necessarily the fairest judgm ent of an adequate

program 1 sports or otherwise. *Dr. Garvey's statement: "...until this year th ere was no interestamong girls here for sports" is false. Assuming he was quotedaccurately, we offer the following as eviden ce: * ; l i | i J

1. Gary Bukowski's series of essays, written in the 31972-73 "Merciad on the history of Mercyhurst. gave actual scores ofathletic events in which students from this institution competed.There must have been an interest prior to 1969. | | t i

2. In the Spring of 1971, two female students from MercyhurstCollege approached the Dean (Dr. Garvey) to ask for a budget for awomen's intercollegiate ^volleyball team. At this point we hadalready competed for two year s against local schools using a smallintramural budget. We did not have uniforms. The only male sports $#to this date were tennis and crew find hey did not ignite the interest ™in a w omen's intercollegiate tea m. This to dispel the feeling thatinterest in athletic competition for women developed after theinitiation of a men's program.*(By the;way, the request wasgranted). p » & \ is |

3. Contrast the fact that the women went before the Dean to askpermission to begin a team, while the men were approached andrecruited for the school to build one. The interest level from this

point speaks loudly and clearly for itself.Last year it took the institution until December to obtain a coach

for the girls intercollegiate basketball team . Then, members of theschool community had enough gall to ask why we didn't have awinning seasoa Be aware too, that the college uses what is"available" for facilities and coaches for the girls. (Mercyhurst'sgym was used until last yea r; it is still used for practic e. No wonderwe never had a crowd. Where would anyone sit?) One physicaleducation teacher coaches all th ree women's intercollegiate sp ortsand also runs the intramu ral program . In addition, only one sport,'tennis, has an assistant coach. This requires quite an effort on the $part of Ms. Price. But of course, the college could not recruit acoach from outside the institution, an expert in the field, for thewomen athletes. 1 H ? r

We feel safe in saying that m ost mem bers of the W .V.A.A. wouldnot feel comfortable receiving scholarships. We compete becausewe develop socially, mentally and physically, and not because wereceive free tuition, free b oard, apartme nt rental fees, free tennisshoes and rackets, private tutors and an automatic 2.0 in our liberalstudies courses. We do not believe that sports should be our "firstpriority-." Neither do we believe that it should be the priority of

men. An academic institution exists to develop the mind first.Although athletic competition can contribute, it is by no means themost desirable andmost effective way. -|£$ J |||** |

Two important points^r1 *?f ? • ^ * ™

1. We were unaware tha t the purpose of a sports program was todevelop skills so that students could compete professionally aftergraduation. (Is it true that the Boston Celtics are scouting Mer-cyhurst's basketball players?) 5 | | I \ gfik

2. The im portant thing to note is not that girls sriorts are more"socially oriented" but to ask why this is the case. We feel it continues because of efforts sim ilar to sports havens like Mercyhurstto give the women what they need to get by and support the menboth financially and spiritually, 'wm 1 * *" W J

A final correction: Dean Garvey m ay be the "Pioneer" of men'ssports on campus, but he did not initiate athletic activity. We feel aneed to ask: Why is the sports program consistent with:the>philosophy of the Academic Dean? It seems to us that there should fbe much more input from women and both male and femalestudents in the development of the philosophy of a coeducationalinstitution's athletic program . | • M I 111 !

I'Sincerdty, 1 £

The following members of the W.V.A.A.:Alexis J. WalkerCharlene J. KolupskiMaryann LynettKaren SchausSheila WalshNancy Borowski *Mary Grace KlescziSally SchismenosSusanS. Kraus

Jane SurrenaMary SiudzinskiMaureen FlahertyRita Vieini«» ?Kathleen A. KrollMary DrummondDianne M. WalshCatherine M . KautzSusan I • Machusak

Suzie GaudreauMickey O'NeilPatricia VoigtKathy ThompsonGerry Sica 1Robyn SpeakPatricia LydenSharon RyanBeverly A. Welsh

P.S. Our efforts are not directed against the male athletes atMercyhurst. We adm ire their ability arid appreciate their efforts.

TH E M ER CI AD

Y e a r s lof Serv icePublished weekly during the college year, except Thanksgiving, in-tersessiorv Christmas and Easter vacations/ and examination periodsby the students of M ercyhu rst C ollege/ E r i e , Pa./ 16501. Mail ing ad*dress: Mercyhurst Mai I room. Preston Hal l / Box 36. f -a m

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Stal l : Paul Hanes/ Peggy Benedict, Ton! Loupe,, Psul Doran, DianePickens, Cathy M cC arthy, Dennis Coan, John Sullivan Ann Condon,John SivokT Ellen Freitag, Susan B arrie, Carol G uarluccio, JillProper, Candy Yanker, M a r t y Keeney,7EleanoreGrelewicz*..

M E L O D Y

N ot rea i l s

With basketball season approaching us, your Spiri tualGuardians have discovered thatM.U.'s basketball team is lackingsomething—besides fans, f t '

We have players; we've gotballs; we've even got uniforms.We have a place to play (eventhough it isn't our own). But whatwe don't have is a^Fight Song.After all, Notre Dame has a fightsong; Perm State has a fight song.Southern C al., 'Michigan State,and Pitt allf have fight songs.What makes these schools sodifferent from Mercyhurst? || | To remedy this nasty situation,we, as your Spiritual Guardians,have decided to bless our mightyLakers with their very own fightsong. This song will be sung from

the Orchard of M.U. and perha psthroughout the world, rOn the dawn offthe first M.U.

basketball game we expecteveryone to rise up from theirbeds and assemble in GarveyPark and sing at the top of theirvoices their fight song. The songwill be led by Coach Fox. Thiswill precede a bonfire in the Union(The wood for the fire will beunselfishly furnished by Mr.Herring:? ping-pong and pooltables, paddles and cue sticks).Have no fear; the fire d epartmentwill be on hand to keep everythingunder control. fc.

Following the bonfire the L akerBowl Parad e willjbegin on StateStreet. Start working on yourfloats now. There will be heavycompetition'from Santa Claus—

Dam

the Thanksgiving Day Parade,sponsored by Mayor Tullio andhis elves is to be held the sameday. •?! M f :$jg Kj£ Jesse Campbell will * lead theparade attired in his cheerleadinguniform and carrying pom-pomswith Rene C lark ' dribblingalongside in her gym shorts andjersey.J Following them will bethe re st of fthe Lakers andLak erettes singing our Fight Songwhich goes like this:I& . * 1

To be surig to the tune of *Ben'!. |

Lakers, you need searc h no more jWe have found what you've been

looking for. | | £We fans who will be always gre at

and true -Honoring your uniforms of green

andblueSlippery Rock will no more poopf onyou | '{ I

Kansas City* will be our g oal soj true. I ' I k i f $

REFRAIN: gJR |Boom shaka laka laka, boom

shaka laka laka \ '$. MSis cum ba Rah RahRahOh Lakers, we love you.

Always willing to fight, *Your Spiritual Guardians |and Secretary |£

P.S. Attention ail M.U. students.Ms. Annabelle Riley is sufferingfrom a terminal disease. Pleasesave all your beer cans to b e |remolded into badly neededparts. Take all cans to JackJRiley's apartment on Briggs Ave.

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NOVEMBER 2 1973

Sporty;

R e t u r n s . | . .HKf(Conti nued from P a g e i)

wine cellar in Franklin, Pa. If yo unotice, Guy has never been put ina parish. The reason is that afterhis eminence tried sampling thePatrick's wine he becameforgetful - missed his whole nextweek's appointments. Ever sincethen Guy j has been assigned tosemin ars and Mercyhurst

ANYWAY, Guy asked his goodfriend Fat he r Chuck Roland tohelp with the festivities (FatherRoland is the only priest in theErie Diocese who always wearsjeans, a moustache, a Kent Statejacket and class ring). Chuck'sjob was to throw a firecrackeronto the pavement at an appropriate time, j Unfortuiately,Fr. Chuck's firecracker went offin the crowd. Our eagle eyedSecurity force, knowing an outside agitator when they see one,(andfne does look a little likeTommy the Traveler!) grabbedthe culprit, escorted hime to theiroffice, finger-printed hira,checked his ID and asked him forhis blessing reverent menthese security people. I don't

recall the FBI asking for DanielBerrin ger's blessing.The next dayjl went to the

editorsf off the undergroundnewspaper! and asked them ifthey wanted < to know who theadministrative undercover agentwas. They gdid and I Hold themthat there 'was this guy oncampus who looks like an outsideagitator*;from Kent State whosays he's a priest and has agreedto tell all to the administration ifthey will only promise not to tellhis bishop that this priest throwsfirecrackers.

^ More later....I Your devoted son,

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H urst Asks F or H ighwayM.U. Bulleiitt—Attorney PhilShrewd, a representative ofMercyhurst College, filed arequestJtoday to jhave th eproposed interchange on W. 38thand 1-79 constructed on thecollege campus. "I asked t hat thedesign be $ altered for a moreeasterly orientation," Mr.Shrewd told reporters outside theDepartment of Transportation inHarrisburg. 1 £ I

Since jl the | announcementyesterday^ of | Mercyhurst'sreauest for* the highwa y, thecampus has been abuzz withplans and rumors. No one seemed

to have an accurate account ofthe project. As my first step then,I visited President Marane to askabout the specifics of the pla n andhow it all cameabout.

"Well, T. M.," he began, "thehighway would go underground atsome, yet undetermined, point onWest 38th. | At? the J northwestcorner of the campus, the highway would come aboveground,run back of McAuley down to thegrotto where it would again gounderground until §it| reached I-79." I asked what would be theadvantage *of sthis *. plaa j"Theincome for us from such a projectwould be phenomenal. Of course,we would put it all to good use. Asa matter of fact, there is an informal meeting going on now inthe faculty lounge as to how themoney should be spent4 Youmight want to stop down there.' '

I assured him that I did andasked a final question—Why didMercyhurst think it had a chan ceto havMhis request filled? "Oh,we have a few connections,"Marane answered with a wink,

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"and that", he said, pointing outthe window f toward - ShamujlioField. ~ * %

As I was leaving the office.Dean Marveyf popped in, so Iasked for a comment. "Now we'llfinally have something Gannondoesn't," he bubbled. "This highway will put Mercyhurst on themap." $ f \

;On my way down to the facultylounge, I cam e upon the directorof development, Frank Frather,and Tim Money man of thebusiness department. They wereengaged in animated discussion."Gent lemen," I înterrupted,

"could you explain where all themoney would be coming in fromthe highway proiec t ? " \

Frather outl ined the plan,"We'll build a res t stop, completewith? restaurant," snack bar,souvenirs, and bathrooms. That'llmake a fortune j in itself. We'lladvertise our Sunday andTuesday films and charge , admission to travellers who want tostop and relax at a movie. Then,in good weather, we'll operate apicnic area, charging rent fortables . And that ' s just thebeginning. You rememberMercyhurst ' s motto, carpediem."

Moneyman seized \ the opportunity to tell me that the rest

stop and other enterprises wouldprovide several positions forbusiness internships, "especiallyfor those students who don't havea car to drive^ to off-campusjobs," he added. Ms. Shir ag ofthe home ec demparment, on herway to a restaurant for lunch,couldn't help overhearing the lastremark. She told me that se veral

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students have already asked for acourse in short-order cooking.IWhen I arrived at the faculty

lounge. Ralph Hob of thepsychology department had justfinished making a plea for moreequipment for his "lab." Next,Mrs. Operjan of the library put ina word for more reference works.,Then the well-know jock^ RichCockl took the floor.""We don'tneed any more rats," he began"we already have enough of themon this campus. And it seems tome," he said, turning to Mrs.0 perian, "that every time I go to

the library, there are alwaysplenty of books there. Now, whatthe money could really be usedfor (rising, he started to unroll apaper) is this!" He pointed to adiagram of a "new, all-purpose,waterproof, sweatproof, rustproof, \ dustproof, dirtproof,hurtproof super sneaker" whichhe was advocating for thebasketball team. | | |

H'ob',1 letting negative reinforcement fall by the wayside forthe moment, hurled a fewepithets at Cock in punishment,and a general fight broke out inthe lounge. x-

When Mr. Trout arrived on thescene to take care of thedisruption, he stopped to informme (for he had noticed my

reporter's badge) that-the lawenforcement department wasconsidering a course in directingtraffic, maybe as an intercessioaA student who #was passing bysmirked that the highway wouldbe a boon to traffic of another sortas well.'v| NEXT* WEEK: Par t II-theenvironmentalists. m

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BUT all is not lost. Th e AmericanFilm Theatre is bringing a series ofeighth films to the Cinema WorldOne. These a re especially* madefilms of theatrical productions-needless to say an all-star cast. Th elist consists of: ¥ M L

1) Eugene Ionesco's Rhinocerosstarring Zero Mostel.%

2) Albee's A Delicate Balancestarring Katherine Hepburn & PaulScofield. f

3) O'Neill's Th e Iceman Comethstarrin g iLee Marvin & FredrjcMarch. t

4) Pinter's T h e Homecomingstarring Cyril Cusack & Ian H olm,

5) Chekhov's Three Sisters withthe National Theatre Co. of England.

6) Lost in the Stars starring BrockPeters & Melba Moore. * a

7) John Osborne's Luther starringStacy Keach & Hugh Griffith,.

8) Simon Gradd y sButley starringAlan Bates. f y \ \

College Students are offered anunbelievable discount at $16 fullsubscription (This is for SeniorCitizens, too.) rate for matinees.They will only be shown once- never

again. For those who let this slip by,let's not hear you complain about nothaving any good films.

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From left to right - Laura Montpetit, Pat Sobell, jand Thomas Barry,

the cast of "Lou Gegrig did hot die of Cancer ' l ^mKKmBi

"Lou Gehrig D i d N o t DietOfCan ce r" is not the title of a movieproclaiming th e medical marvelsof cancer. On the contrary , i t ' s aone a c t play being performed onNovember 9, 10, 11 in th e a Mercyhurst Little Theatre. The playinvolves a total of threecharacters—a wife namedBarbara Spinilli, a husbandnamed Victor Spinilli, and a

neighbor * named Mrs. MartiaBarbara and Victor are in theirlate 30's with many differences inpersonality. While Barbara J is inthe local i community theatre,Victor is a little league baseballcoach. Mrs. Martin is merely aconcerned parent whose son playson Vic or 'steam. | | $ T

In the lea d role of ^Barb ara,Laura Montpetit will be makingher fourth appearance on theMercyhurst .s tage. You mayremember her from "The Primeof Miss Jean Brodie" or morerecently "Calm Down Mother" or"But The Little We Are" . Laurais a Junior Elementary Educationmajor who is very excited abouther upcoming role. I >j)i Thomas Barry, a freshman

pre-law major is making his first

appearance on our j stage a sVictor i Spinilli, th e male lead.Thomas is j very familiar withtheatre since h e h as appeared insuch shows a s "Arsenic and OldLace" , "The Visit",!"TheMecado" and "Wait Until Dark."

Lastly in j the role fof Mrs.Martin is Pat Sobell, a Juniortheatre arts m ajor. Pat is makingher debut on our stage, but she

has been in fifteen other shows,all at Gannon. Like Laura, she isvery excited about her role. | %

Mr. Igor Stalsky is directingthis one ac t play about Victor andBa rba ra Spinilli,* The title is adirect reference to what Victorhas to say about his father andthe baseball games they used toattend. Lou Gehrig was a famousbaseball player and Victor'sfather reflects: "Lou Gehrig didnot die of cancer, he died of abroken heart." If you likebaseball, or- even if you don't,come and see how relationshipschange and develop fbetweenVictor, Barbara, and Mrs. Martinin "Lou Gehrig". Don't miss thisdelightful one act play onNovember 9,10,11 at 8 p.m. in the

MercyhurstLittle Thea tre. $

REASONS FOR THE PETITION TO IMPEACH PRE SIDENTRICHARD M.NIXON: | |

1). The wa r In Indoch ina. £2). Subversion o f the Bill o f R i g h t s .3). T am p e r i n g with due process and t h e j u d i c i a r y . §4) . T h e A ssa u lt on f reedom of t h e p r e ss . v g5). T am p e r i n g with t h e E l e c t o r a l P r o c e ss .6). Una uthor ized impoundment o f funds.7) . Violation of the right of p r i v ac y . - £8) . Improprieties in t h e a c q u is i t i o n o f p r o p e r t y . K i ?9). Conclusion: For al l the above reasons, and fo r o thers be ing developed

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MERCYHURST C O L L E G E

DARIO'S DIVOTS Part I I : W oman's AthleticsN O V E M B E R » , . , .

In all sports. Men are physkalh,

S U P E R S U N D A Y M X L A S P I R I N S ^ ^ ^ffl8$mm& skillful as m em "eu «ve andb y D a r i o C i p r i a n i S p o r t s E d i t o r

T he Mercyhurst crew team entertained two fine rowing powers Sundayo n t h e Erie B ay and came away with a very satisfying performance. Inthe first race the novices rowed to a very impressive victory over theMarietta and Buffalo State novices. The feature race saw the Lakervarsity finish an open length behind Marietta and two lengths in front ofBuffalo State for a second place finish. '? f i *&•

The race for th e novice crew w as their first ever and how sweet it was

for them to come away with a victory against very highly rated competition. Coach Al Belovarac, also in his debut, had Bill Feehley at b o w ,David Pike, John Fogg, John Tetti, Russ Meyer, Jim Gorndt, GreggVanBrenner, Ed Inscho, and Kent Koch at coxie in his winning boat.Gorndt, a junior, is t h e o l d m a n of the nine, all the rest being freshmen.None of th e fellowshad any previous racing experience. They have been inthe water for only a month of practice and frequently this w as at 6:30 inthe morning, i g S^SSl

The 1300 meter race saw the Laker boat sip to a quick lead using astaggered start . They were never headed and increased their margin to%Vz lengths at th e finish line. T he winning time w a s 4 : 0 1 , Buffalo State wassecond a t 4:11 an d Marietta last a t 4:12. i ,

The second race was a classic even though the Hurst finished behindMarietta. The Ohio school knew they were in a race when it w as over. TheLakers battled them evenly through 800 meters an d then Marietta pouredit on in the last 500 to finish just ahead of Mercyhurst. Buffalo Statebrought up the re ar throughout th e entire race. |*

T he Laker boat with Pat Rankin at b o w , John Wojdyla, Tony Murphy,John "North" Beck, Mike Murphy, Dave "Sport" Collins, Joe Dolan,Mark Ruttenberg and Frank Sands as coxie clocked 3 :25 in the 1300 metersprint. Marietta came home with 3:18and BuffaloState with 3:33. It w as avery fine performance for th e varsity when on e considers that Marietta ison e of th e elites in small college crew. I believe Marietta was m ore thanhappy to come away with a one-length victory after they saw what hap

pened to their novice boat. * i ,| t ^ yIn my opinion, the highlight of the day was the tremendous supportgiven the entire crew team by the student body and various other members of the Mercyhurst community. Approximately 250 ardent rootersturned ou t at t h e b a y o n a positively wicked da y and voiced their supportfor the 'Hurst. Cheerleader Gerry Sica led the fans in their boisterouschants from the foot of the portable dock. | '% $R

From this corner comes a hardy congratulations to the crew team andt o t h e fans w ho showed their true loyalty. It certainly w as a fine displayfrom anyone w ho participated inany w a y . I think Dean Garvey said it bestas he stood in the boathouse after the novice upset. Standing there dripping w e t , a n d with a cup of warm coffee i n h i s hand, he uttered, "This isdelightful; what an amazing performance.'* \ f *

Keep up thegood work everyone. Our crew program is going places.£

ALIKEby GarretfUenilworth

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Felnberg, Roy *Hayes, Chuck £Hum phries, TomJacobs, Marianne JLauder m a n / Joyce fAAcC bnnell, JeffAAerry/ Fran g £Pal I ad n o , Tony %Patask'y, GayleSlater/ RosemaryWrobiewski/ JeanDocksteter, D..

JuniorBrayn, Mary AnnColao/ Christine |Flaherty/MaOreen %Hirt / Mar i lyn

Hixon, CurtisHultgren, GilbertKolupski, CharleneKorzeniowski/ R aymondM arcus, Pat?. |O'B r ien/ RobertSmith /Ma rsha lSuffredini, Kathleen £Svrcek, Maria ?•Welsh/ Beverl?

Sophomore -*'Brandon, SteveBrosky, Carol >Caldwell/Harry |Caruso/GlenCarroll/JimDeN ale, Vi rginiaFrontino/TerryGray/ Lawrence

' Hedstrom , Ki mHardner/ KarenHickle/ John xlarussi/ Nick iKochanowski/ E laineKoob, FrancisAAalloy# Patr icia?AAc Call/ Daniel 4Mehler, MarianneM ichaels, DebraMurphy/TonySanto / PatriciaScutella, JosephShade, Carolyn

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T H E

L A S T]\*ATCH1 by Candace YankerThe woman's tennis team , clad

in|red, white, and blue, participated in their last match on ithe very day our park: wa sdedicated. And, just as our parkwas filled with high spirits J sowas the game. But...we lost.Though, I must say, I've neverseen such \ good I losers. Theirspirits remained jovial, to say theleast, and the bus ride home wasfilled with lots of talk ab out the irfuture plans. It seems they havehopes off a spring tennisworkshop, welcoming all interested females. This workshop-type session wih\ provide themwith the necessary practiceneeded to get the team rollin'. Ittakes time to make a good teamgreat...and a little cash couldn'td o them a bit of harm, either.!

They have the strength, theenthusiasm, the talent, andfthedeterminatioa N o w , all they needis a little recognition and a lot ofsupport. So keep your eyes openfor further information on theirspring schedule, to be publishedin a future edition. And, in themeantime, practice thatbackhand. ' I Jf t

Coming up next week—news on -our "Net" work—a look at girlsvolleyball. / i m f

It's tunny how struisms comeand g o . £$W \ J I fe

Most people who \ give it Janythought at all consider sports too

risky, and unessential for girls.Even though many of thesepeople are weU meaning this lineof thinking | is now beingQuestioned, and % clinicallydisproved. m$£ k \

Arguments for maintaining thatsport is bad for women are (1)Physical; competi t ion f ma ymasculinize their appearance andaffect their sexual behavior; (2)women do not play sports weUenough to deserve athleticequality and (3) {girls* are Snotrea ly interes ted in sports. R

Well all aspirin is not alike, andso it is that these popular truismsare simply not true. Contentionsaimed at excluding girlslfromsports on medical groundsusually cite special dangers toreproductive organs. Dr. Clayton

L. Thomas, the Harvard consultant on reproduction, and amem ber of the U.S. f OlympicMedical and training {serv icescommittee says "I do not thinkthere is evidence! availablesupporting the view that fit ispossible for healthy women of anyage to indulge in a sport which istoo strenuous forg them." Theuterus, for example, is one of themost shock' resistant of all external! organs because offitsjef-fective suspension ^sy ste m .

Fur thermore , ^ th e % externalgenitalia of | females are lessexposed than those of males andcould I easily jj b e * protected if

e q u i p m e n t j m a n u f a c t u r e r sdesigned protective devices.^Menstruation also is not af

fected i by •strenuous,, excerise.(medical surveys conducted atthe Olympic games indicate thatwomen have set world records atall stages of their menstruationcycle.) Jp*f j

As far as girls who participatein sports looking masculine, wellthat's like saying all men whowear "clogs" are fags. In otherwords it is an imp roper analogy.

Girls, because of a loss of fattytissue in their body, camouflagesuch changes and the amount ofandrogen |(male hormone)produced by women is only 5 to 10per cent that of males.

The | second | contention); that

females do not play, games wellenough f to J deserve athleticequality is a bull headed notion.True in most cases girls sports donot generate the gate receipts, asdo men's, but much more is putinto the promotion and recruitingof men's sports. It is possible tochange this around, as was donewith scholastic girls in the stateof Iowa. fi| f » ^ ^ p ^ i

All things being equal, womenathletics can be just as excitingand skillful as men's. This is notto say girls can compete with men

competitionorganized so as to * match UDopponents of more or less th«same ability, size sneed aI5strength. Why thenare g*£saSt o b e inferior athletes?

The final question to consider kgirls own interest in sports The£

is no tougher job than to firmanorganization in a world that vouare not recognized. That is whatwomen athletic unions must doto Ith e world of sports. Unions of thisnature have i n t h e past few yearsmade tremendous progress. Hereat Mercyhurst we have awomen 's a thlet ic association whohas drum med up enough interestto field a volleyball, tennis andbasketball teaî. Miss Pricesuccessful girl's athleticeverything on their own, and noware accepted by the school andhave been asked? to submit abudget for funds for next year.

At first people are amazed atsuccessful . girlsfc athleticassociatio ns. But they are nowgrowing and gaining widespread

acceptence among the bigam ate ur athl etic unions. Allspo rts, men and women's willbenefit from the participation ofwomen. I feel coed sports teamare a new and exciting aspect ofsport, and they are not too far off.

f. Sports is an educational, as wellas recre ation al* experience,learning ' the emotional andph ys ica l: makeup of people.Women's participation in sportscan oniy oroaaen tins experienceand help place sports back in itsproper perspective. I **

INTRAM URAL BO ARD PRO PO SEDD u e mainly to the large amount

of forfeits in this past intramuralfootball playoffs, Mr. | DaveShimpeno has submitted thefollowing letter.

I T T October 23,1973An Open Letter J to \ MaleIntramural Participants: f

ILast year a Philosophy ofIntra murals was written to givethev: intra mu ral prog ram atMercyhurst a number of positiveand creative directions. Part ofthat philosophy strongly statedthat the students should have lavoice in making decisions concerning the program. This wouldinclude voting |on prote sts,registration, violations, newsports and complaints, * amongothers.-|

There were a relatively large

number of gamesfin the footballseason that were not played for anumber of reasons, and thisconcerns me. | l t is thereforeimperative that an I ExecutiveCouncil on Intramurals : comprised of students be formed* assoon as p ossible. The Council canthen deal with any problems thatmay arise for I the remainder ofthe year. W | | .. |f

I would appreciate itfif youwould try to think of some peoplewho participate regularly in theIntramural prog ram ! and whowould mak e | responsibleExecutive Council! members .Submit their; names to me bywriting them on a piece of paperand deposit it at my|office.|We

will then comprise a ballot andafter a designated day of votingar r ive Jat approximately sixmembers. I will be the seventh,and this will make a tie in votingon procedures impossible. Pleasehave your nominations submittedby t next Wednesday at 4 p.m.

November 7. | | j^JfiBBIrafflB$1 Very truly yours, | g R | w

David K . Shimpeno |Director, Men's Intra murals

Although this has come too lateto help this past football season, ithas still come in time to boost theintramural system,! and if theforfeits brought this about thenthev were yworth it.MTheproblem was not negligence onDave Shimpeno's part or eventhat of the team s that forfeited; itwas simply a lack off communication. Most complaintswere not directed to Shimpenodirectly, therefore he heard themsecondhand. H e was aware of theproblem before the little note inlast week's Merciad as this letterwas published three days beforethe Merciad. | g

Snimpeno feels, withjstudentsw ho participate in intra murals onthe board, then the real problemssuch as forfeits, league alignment, formal protests, etc.,«can

be judged uponjby people whohave a real interest in them.

Your cooperation is asked inpicking this council. We have afine intramural .program here,and with its expansion a council ofthis type will make things mucheasier and \much less complicated. SPB II Note: Congratulations on a fineperformance by the crew teamthis pas t Sunday. In winning, thenovice boat made up of 8 peoplewho up until 6 weeks ago nevertouched ah oar, proved what agreat jo b Coach Shimpeno andJusstaff are doing. T he varsity,.whilebeing edged by Marietta gained amoral victory, in what had to betheir finest race against wetoughest ^competition around.Congrats also to the student bodywho made a helluva turnout on

th e worst of days. ..Results of the M.F.L. playoffs

and the all star ballots will be innext week's Merciad.

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